Elements of the visual arts Line – line is an important element at the disposal of every artist. Through the lines of a painting or sculpture‚ the artist can make us know what the work is about. He uses lines to represent figures and forms. - Horizontal lines are lines of repose and serenity. They express ideas of calmness and quiescence - Vertical lines are lines poised for action. They are poised‚ balanced‚ forceful‚ and dynamic. - Diagonal lines suggest action and movement
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Visual Text Advertising was first developed in 1841. It has become the way we communicate to persuade an audience. It has become a huge part of our lives. It plays a large role in our social impact of life. It has shaped our values to the point that it is taking over the decisions we make. Everything we are taught and believe are right and wrong are changed by the way it makes us think and behave. Our culture is being shaped by these advertisements and commercials and sadly they are affecting us
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A curvy woman‚ clad in a tight black dress revealing porcelain skin‚ her hair is down and in her hand‚ between her slender fingers‚ dangles a cigarette‚ or death stick‚ as is portrayed by the actual advertisement. An image of this sort is immediately formed in an onlookers mind upon seeing the actual advertisement which simply depicts red lipstick and full lips that begins to create a sex appeal before being marred by the black cigarette burn in the corner of the upturned lips. Society has demarcated
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Robinson Crusoe‚ colonizer or pioneer of change? Defoe ’s novel Robinson Crusoe stormed the world with a spirit of adventure new to its era‚ quickly becoming a classic piece of European literature that even today grasps the attention of both young and old. The tale‚ as told by a shipwrecked man on his own on an isolated island‚ allows us to vicariously experience an excitement and discovery that almost does not exist in our modern world‚ and is surely a large factor in the novel ’s popularity
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In As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial‚ authors Derrick Jenson and Stephanie McMillan create a clever comic essay to capture their youthful audience into imminent environmental issues. First published in 2007‚ their essay contains bantering between two young girls which engages the audience into a statistically dominated argument on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to save the planet. However‚ the statistics show that minor lifestyle changes will not have a lasting
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because of the attention to so much detail of the plants‚ water‚ and trees. It is also beautiful even though it is lacking excitement because there is no movement in the painting. The scene almost looks like it is being played out‚ using the visual elements Millais creates a set. The colors are primarily a dark shade of green even though there is a light value to the painting. The viewer can see that the scene is during the day but with lifeless plants. The dark shades give the viewer the idea
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Visual Literacy and Advertisements In American society today‚ we can’t go anywhere‚ watch or do anything without exposure to some type of advertisement. Companies spend millions of dollars in efforts to reach us as consumers. They use manipulative messages and deliver underlying promises to get us to buy their product. Advertisements reflect the political‚ economic‚ and social environment of their time. As consumers‚ it is important that we are able to deconstruct those advertisements and understand
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Visual rhetoric‚ in the past‚ was used to spark an emotion about a particular crisis that was occurring during the time the ad was made. While this still happens today‚ it is more on a digital basis. Today we are more sensitive; we get offended way to easy. This was obviously not the case back when propaganda was in its prime back in during World War Two. An appeal to the audience sense of emotion is crucial in these forms of propaganda. For Example‚ in the “Wanted! For murder” poster was intended
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Learning and knowledge make all the difference in the world‚ as Frederick Douglass proves by changing himself from another man’s slave to a widely respected writer. A person is not necessarily what others label him; the self is completely independent‚ and through learning can move proverbial mountains. The main focus of this essay is on the lives of the American Slaves‚ and their treatment by their masters. The brutality brought upon the slaves by their holders was cruel‚ and almost sadistic. These
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During her two year career Nutting became witness to deplorable conditions for nurses. Therefore after graduation she began her work in growing and developing higher education for nurses and in hospitals. (Britannica‚ 2012). Becoming a nurse pioneer During her eight years at Hopkins she broadened the spectrum of nursing education. Her focuses for growth included an analysis of current conditions. During this review she noticed that nurses in schools were currently a means for cheap staffing
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